CONFERENCE The Impact of Arabic Sources on Divination and the

Conference Venue:
E-Werk Kulturzentrum
Fuchsenwiese 1, 91054 Erlangen
Internationales Kolleg für Geisteswissenschaftliche
Forschung (IKGF), Erlangen
Fate, Freedom and Prognostication.
Strategies for Coping with the Future in East Asia and Europe
in collaboration with
Union Académique Internationale/International Union
of Academies (UAI), Bruxelles
Centre for the History of Arabic Studies in Europe
(CHASE), Warburg Institute, London
Micrologus. Nature, Sciences and Medieval Societies
(SISMEL), Florence
The conference focuses on the impact of arabic
sources on practical sciences like divination,
astrology, medicine, algebra and mechanics
(which are often distinguished from the Peripatetic tradition of theoretical natural sciences).
The aim of the conference is to examine the
Arabic/Islamic influence on these branches—
both eastwards and westwards—with a particular emphasis on the European Renaissance. The
presentations and discussions further look at
the transfer of cultural concepts and scientific knowledge by considering a wide range of
authors and sources (Arabic, Japanese, Chinese,
Latin, Greek).
Organisation Committee:
Burnett, Charles (The Warburg Institute, London)
Herbers, Klaus (Deputy Director IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander
Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Jacquart, Danielle (École Pratique des Hautes Études,
IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea)
Paravicini Bagliani, Agostino (Président honoraire de l’Union Académique Internationale, SISMEL, Florence)
Andersen, Øivind (Président de l’Union Académique
Internationale, Bruxelles)
Khalil, Idris (Membre fondateur de l’Académie des sciences
du monde Islamique, Amman)
Zou’bi, Moneef (Directeur général de l’Académie des
sciences du monde Islamique, Amman)
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January 21-23, 2014
CONFERENCE
The Impact of
Arabic Sources
on Divination and the
Practical Sciences in
Europe and Asia
Tuesday, January 21, 2014
9:00 a.m. Welcome Addresses
Prof. Dr. Karl-Dieter Grüske (President, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Prof. Dr. Michael Lackner (Director, IKGF, Friedrich-AlexanderUniversität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Prof. Dr. Klaus Herbers (Deputy Director, IKGF, Friedrich-Alexan
der-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Chair:
Alexander Fidora (ICREA, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
4:00 p.m. L’art talismanique:
Chair:
Øivind Andersen (Union Académique Internationale)
9:30 a.m. Introduction
Charles Burnett (The Warburg Institute, London)
Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études,
IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea)
Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (Union Académique Internationale,
SISMEL)
10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
les usages latins de sources arabes (XIIe-XVe siècle)
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Chair:
Idris Khalil (Membre fondateur de l’Académie
des sciences du monde Islamique, Amman)
4:45 p.m. The Greek-Arabic Antagonism in
Renaissance Handbooks of Astrology
Dag Nikolaus Hasse (Universität Würzburg)
5:30 p.m. End of Conference Day
9:00 a.m. Kushyar ibn Labban’s Mathematical
Approach in his Astronomical Handbook
10:30 a.m. La confluence des sources grecques et
arabes dans l’Occident latin
Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études,
IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea)
11:15 a.m. Arabic and Latin Texts on Astrology and Divination
Charles Burnett (Warburg Institute, London)
Mohammad Bagheri (Encyclopaedia Islamica Foundation, Tehran)
9:45 a.m. Foreign Fates: Tracing the Journey of
Kristina Buhrman (Florida State University)
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
Danielle Jacquart (École Pratique des Hautes Études,
IVe Section, Paris, Academia Europea)
2:00 p.m. L’apport des traductions arabes dans le débat sur
l’authenticité des traités galéniques
Véronique Boudon-Millot (CNRS, Paris)
2:45 p.m. Why Razes?
Michael McVaugh (University of North Carolina)
3:30 p.m. Coffee Break
Chair:
Georges Tamer (Orientalistik,
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
10:45 a.m. Islamic Astronomical Tables in China
des maladies chroniques:
Sources arabes et lecteurs latins à la fin du Moyen Âge
Joël Chandelier (Université Paris 8, Vincennes-Saint-Denis)
4:30 p.m. Medieval Pharmacy and the Arabic Heritage:
The Salernitan Collection “Circa instans”
Iolanda Ventura (Université d’Orléans)
Ahmed Djebbar (Alger et Université Lille I)
9:45 a.m. The Arabic Tradition in Mechanics
Mohammed Abattouy (Mohammed Vth University in Rabat)
10:30 a.m. Coffee Break
and their Role in Astrological Predictions
Benno Van Dalen (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
11:30 a.m. Calculating the Fate of Chinese Dynasties with the
Islamic Method: Chinese Appropriation of Islamic
Astrology from the 14th to 19th Centuries
Shi Yunli (University of Science and Technology of China,
Hefei, Anhui)
Chair:
Charles Burnett (The Warburg Institute, London)
2:15 p.m. The Impact of Arabic Sources on European Astrology:
Facts and Numbers
David Juste (Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften)
3:00 p.m. Les comètes dans le Centiloquium et
le De cometis attribués à Ptolémée
Jean-Patrice Boudet (Université d’Orléans)
3:45 p.m. Coffee Break
Chair:
Klaus Herbers (IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
10:45 a.m. Projecting Perfection. Alchemy as Practical Wisdom in
Western Medieval and Early Modern Culture
Michela Pereira (Università di Siena)
11:30 a.m. The use of al-Kindi’s De radiis in Peter of Zealand’s
Lucidarius de rebus mirabilibus (end of the 15th century)
12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (Union Académique Internationale, SISMEL)
3:45 p.m. Problèmes théoriques et pratiques autour
Chair:
Moneef Zou’bi (Académie des sciences du monde Islamique, Amman)
9:00 a.m. La circulation de l’algèbre arabe en Europe et son impact
Chair:
Chair:
Thursday, January 23, 2014
and Influences on Horoscope Astrology in Japan
12:00 p.m. Lunch Break
5:15 p.m. End of Conference Day
Nicolas Weill-Parot (Université Paris Est Créteil)
Jean-Marc Mandosio (École Pratique des Hautes Études, IVe Section)
12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
Chair:
Klaus Herbers (IKGF, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
2:15 p.m. Summary of Eastern Perspectives of the Conference
Michio Yano (Kyoto Sangyo University)
3:00 p.m. Summary of Western Perspectives of the Conference
Agostino Paravicini Bagliani (Président honoraire de l’UAI, SISMEL)
3:45 p.m. End of Conference Day